Williamson County IL Archives Biographies.....Allen, William Joshua 1828 - 1900
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

ALLEN, William Joshua, jurist, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., June 9, 1828, 
son of William Allen. He removed to Illinois with his parents in 1829; was 
educated in the public schools and was employed in the office of the Clerk of 
Williams county, 1846-47. He attended the law school at Louisville, Ky., 1847-
48, and practised in Metropolis, Ky., 1848-53, and in partnership with his 
father at Marion, Ill., in 1853. He was a representative in the Illinois 
legislature in 1854; U. S. district attorney for the southern district of 
Illinois, 1855-59; circuit judge of the 26th Illinois circuit, 1859-61; and a 
member of the State constitutional convention of 1861. He was elected to the 
37th Congress as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of 
his law partner, Gen. John A. Logan, and was re-elected to the 38th Congress, 
serving 1862-65. He practised law at Cairo, Ill., 1865-74, and at Carbondale, 
Ill., 1874-87, becoming in the latter year, U. S. district judge of the 
southern district of Illinois. He died at Springfield, Ill., in 1900.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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